Polishing device



P. F. DEGENKOLB. POLISHING DEVICE.

APPLICATION man NOV. 26. 1920.

1,404,839, I Patented Jan.31,1922. I

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, POLISHING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Eatent' PEWEBHEQQ Jilin. 331, llQ L Q.

Application filed November 26, 1920. Serial No.:426;411.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it lrnown that 1, PAUL F. DEGENKOLB, a citizen of the United States, residing at ltasca, in the county of Du Page and State oi Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Polishing Devices,

of which the iollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to a device in which is combined a reel and a cleaningand polishing cloth adapted tobe wound thereon, bot-h being retained within a casing of convenient and compact size. device of this char acter may advantageously be carried around in the pocket in a valiee, or otherwise, to be used for such purposes as cleaning and polishing shoes or the like. I

As an object of this invention, 1 have sought to, devise a structure which is simple and certain in its operatio'ma device wherein r the cloth rolled up therein Fig. 2 is an enlarged longitudinal section, the central portion being broken away; and Figs. 3 and i are transverse sections taken;

respectively, on lines 38 and 4- of Fig. 1. v

The device of my invention, as shown in the drawing, comprises a tubular casing-A having one end closed by a wall 5, ailanged cap l3 bein titted upon its other end. If desired, the walls of the casing adjacent its open end may be outwardly criinped to form a shoulder 6 by which inward movements of the cap are stopped. Means are preferably provided for preventing rotation of the cap upon the casing, and this may take the form of a button 7 termed exteriorly of the casing adjacent its end and adapted to lie within a slot 8 formed by bulging the flanged walls of the cap, as shownbest in Fig. 1. u

Within the casing is a reel C which is re movably mounted in place. For this pur pose I employ two studs 1.0 one adapted for insertion through a central openin 1.1 in the I connected in place."

casing wall 5, and the other through a similar opening '12 in the cap, each stud being threaded to connect with the proximate end otthe reel. Upon each stud I further pro vide a head 13 in which is swingingly mounted a bow 14 serving the double'purpose of facilitating rotation of the stud, and i of an eye through which ac'ord or hoolr may be passed for supporting the device. Each stud being similar, it may be unscrewed from the reel sothatthe lattermay be withdrawn from the casing when the capis removed therefrom. Normally only'the stud passing through thecasing end5 need be unscrewed tor-this purpose, as the reel, together with the cap, would then be; free to disengage from the casing. It follows also that when both studs are connected with the reel, the

cap is thereby made last to the casing. The mounting of each stud within-the endwall 5 or the cap is sutliciently loose to permit "tree rotation of the reel within the casing.

Arranged towind upon the reel is a cloth l) of a kind which is suitable for cleanin b and polishing purposes. rush end of the cloth is suitably hemmed to provide a loop that in the one instance connects with the reel, and in the other with a. stick E that lies exteriorly of the'casing which is provided with a slit '20 to permit-the cloth to pass therethrough for this purpose. To co-operate with the hemmed ends of the cloth the reel and stickare each provided with a'slot 21 ex ending longitudinally through its body in the middle region for a distance slightly in excess or the width of the cloth; and near the middle of the slot. a lateral opening 22 to permitinspection of the cloth hem. preliminary to spreading, the cloth lengthwise of the slot. By a. construction such as this, each end of the cloth may be readily attached or'de-tached relatively. to the reel or stick, the case may be, but under. normal operatingconditions will tend to remain Near the end of. thereel which lies adj cent the cap is a head 25 in the form ot a "flange which just fits into the open end of the casing. Between this tlange'and the can 28. The tendency of this spring is to wind. up the cloth upon the reel so 'as to normally hold the stick E adjacent the casing. Whenever the cloth is required for use, the stick may be grasped to unwind the cloth against the tension of the spring, so that, by holding the stick in one hand and the casing in the other, any desired length of cloth is available for cleaning or polishing purposes. The requisite degree of tension may be obtained by disconnecting the stud 10 at the casing end 5, and then sliding off the cap to the required distance to disengage the button 7 from the slot 8 following which the cap may be rotated sufiiciently to wind up the spring as desired. It will be understood, of course, that one or more slots 8 may be proa'ided, so that-the cap may be adjusted upon the easing in any one of severaluositions.

The device that I have described is ex ceedingly simple in its manufacture and assembly, as well as in its operation. It per- 'mits' of all the parts being retained within a compact casing which protects articles surrounding the same from the soil on dirt 'which may have accumulated upon the cloth throughuse. Fresh cloths may be substitutedat any time by merely removing one of the studs and taking out the reel following which the ends-of the cloth aredisengaged therefrom, as well as from the stick,

a new cloth being thereafter substituted in its place.

' V I claim:

to provide a mounting therefor, a flange "upon the reel near the end whichis adjacent the cap providing bet-ween itself and thecap anannular space, a spring coiled within said space having one end secured to the reel and the other to the cap, means for preventing relative rotation between the cap and casing, a cloth having one end secured to the reel and adapted to be wound thereupon, there being a slit through the casing through which the cloth may pass, and a stick secured to the opposite end of the cloth and arrangedexteriorly o-f the casing, substantially as described. 5 a i 2. In a device of the kind described, the combination with a casing within which is mounted a spring reel, of a cloth having one end looped to connect with the reel, there being formed in the latter a longitudinal slot extending through its body and a lateral opening into the slot through which the cloth loop may pass preliminary to being spread lengthwise of the slot, there being a slit in the casing through which the cloth may pass to the outside thereof, sul stantially as described.

3. In a device of the kind described, the

combination with a tubular casing having a wall at one end thereof and a cap removably secured to its other end, of a spring reel mounted within the casing having one of its ends journaled in the cap and its other end in the end wall of the casing, means connecting the cap to the reel, means for normally preventing disengagement of the reel from the casing end, but adapted also may pass to its exterior, substantially as described.

l. In a device of the land described, the combination with a casing on which is removably fitted a cap, of a spring reel hav ing one end journaledlin the cap and the other end in the opposite wall of the casing, the reel being removably journaled in the casing wall whereby the cap, together with the reel, may be withdrawn from the casing, and means for adjusting the cap nonrotatably to the'casing in a desired rotative position, substantially as described.

5. In a device of the kind described, the combination with a tubular casing closed at each end and a spring reel arranged within the casing, of a mounting for the reel comprising twothreaded studs, one secured by a threaded connection to each end of the reel, and each inserted through the proximate end of the casing, in whichit is free to revolve, each stud being formed with ahead which lies exteriorly of the casing, and having in its head a swinging bow by which the stud may be rotated to effect its connection with the reel, substantially as described.

6.- Ina device of the kind described, the combination olf a tubular casing. closed at one'end, a cap reniovably secured to the other casing end, a reel mounted within the casing'an d connectedfor removal with the cap, spring means within the cap for rotating the reel, and a mounting for the spring means within the cap such as to permit of a complete withdrawal of the reel from the casing, together with the cap, without disassembling of the parts associated therewith, substantially as described.

PAUL F; DEGENKOLB. 

